RuneWeb - Herblore Guide

Herblore Guide

By: Luckk13, revised by Seiferoth & Raynebird, additions by Data/Loggy

(This is a members-only skill.)

Obtaining Herbs
Herb Information
Vial Information
Ingredients and Potions
Barbarian Herblore
Obtaining Second Ingredients
The Yanille Dungeon
- Salarin the Twisted
Tips for Herblore
Extra Herblore Info
Herblore EXP Quest Rewards

Herblore is the skill in RuneScape that allows you to make potions, strengthen your abilities, cure your ailments, or poison your weaponry. Before you are able to start this skill, you must complete the Druidic Ritual Quest. After you complete that quest you'll be able to clean grimy guam leaves and mix attack potions!

Obtaining Herbs

Herblore is, essentially, creating potions. Before you make any kind of potion, you'll need a herb of some sort. There are various ways to obtain herbs.

The most efficient way to obtain herbs is by killing monsters that have a high drop-rate of herbs. The best NPCs to kill are chaos druids - they can be found in following places:

Edgeville Dungeon, Wilderness Section

Taverley Dungeon

Chaos Druid Tower, just North of Ardougne next to King Lanthas' Training Camp (46 Thieving required to enter)

Yanille Dungeon (More infomoration below)

Various other monsters drop herbs, but none so often as Chaos Druids; regular Druids also work, found in Taverley. You can also grow your own herbs by using the Farming Skill, or, of course, you can buy some off of other players.

Herb Information

Before you can use your herbs, they will need cleaned, seeing as how when you obtain them they will probably be grimy. The process of cleaning herbs is quite simple. You hover your mouse over the grimy herb in your inventory and click it.

Name	Image	Level	Exp	Uses
Guam Leaf		3	2.5	Attack & Magic Ogre Potion
Ardrigal		3	2.5	Jungle Potion Quest & Bravery Potion
Rogues purse		3	2.5	Jungle Potion Quest & Relicym's balm
Sito foil		3	2.5	Jungle Potion Quest
Snake Weed		3	2.5	Jungle Potion Quest, Bravery Potion, Relicym's balm
Volencia moss		3	2.5	Jungle Potion Quest
Marrentill		5	3.75	Antipoison Potion
Tarromin		11	5	Strength Potion & Serum 207
Harralander		20	6	Restore & Energy Potions
Ranarr Weed		25	8	Defence & Prayer Potions
Toadflax		30	8	Agility Potion
Spirit Weed		35	7.8	Summoning Potion
Irit Leaf		40	9	Super Attack & Superantipoison Potions
Avantoe		48	10	Fishing & Super Energy Potions
Kwuarm		54	11.25	Super Strength Potion & Weapon Poison
Snapdragon		59	11.75	Super Restore Potion
Cadantine		65	12.5	Super Defence Potion
Lantadyme		67	13	Antifire & Magic Potions
Dwarf Weed		70	13.75	Ranged Potion
Torstol		75	15	Potion of Zamorak

(Note: Toadflax and Snapdragon can only be obtained in Brimhaven Agility Arena. Toadflax costs 3 agility tickets, and Snapdragon costs 10 agility tickets. They're purchased cleaned.)

Vial Information

The next step of the process is to use the clean herb with a water-filled vial. To obtain vials - you can make them by using a glassblowing pipe on molten glass, but a crafting level of 33 is required. After you have created the vial you will have to use it on a sink or fountain to fill it with water.
Alternatively, you may purchase vials - which is much easier. Popular locations to obtain vials are shown int he table below.

Item	Image	Locations
Empty Vial		Entrana's & Taverly's Herblore Shops
Water-Filled Vial		Ardougne's Adventurer Shop, Shilo's General Shop, & Tai Bwo Wannai's General Shop
Water-Filled Vial		Dropped by Chaos Druids & Water Elementals (see the Elemental Workshop quest)

Ingredients and Potions

The final step for creating a potion with Herblore is to use an approriate second ingredient with an unfinished potion to make a completed potion.

Potion		Level	Herb	Exp	Second Ingredient		Potion Effect
	Attack	3	Guam Leaf	25		Eye of Newt	3-12 Temporary Attack boost
	Anti-Poison	5	Marrentill	37.5		Unicorn horn dust	Cures poison and gives some immunity
	Strength	12	Tarromin	50		Limpwurt Root	3-12 Temporary Strength Boost
	Stat-Restore	22	Harralander	62.5		Red spiders' eggs	10-39 Restoration in Attack, Strength, Defence, Magic and Ranged
	Guthix Balance	22	Harralander	62.5		Red Spider's Eggs, Garlic, and Silver Dust	Use on Vampyres held with the Retainer to kill them, cure them, or anger them
	Energy	26	Harralander	67.5		Chocolate Dust	Restores Energy by 10%
	Defence	30	Ranarr Weed	75		White berries	3-12 Temporary Defence Boost
	Agility	34	Toadflax	80		Toad's legs	+3 Temporary Agility Boost
	Combat	36	Harralander	84		Ground Goat Horn	+ 3 to 12 Temporary Attack/Strength Boost
	Prayer	38	Ranarr Weed	87.5		Snape Grass	Restores 7-31 Prayer Points (7-33 when carrying a Blessed Wrench)
	Summoning	40	Spirit Weed	92		Cockatrice Egg	Restores 7-31 Summoning Points
	Super Attack	45	Irit Leaf	100		Eye of Newt	5-19 Temporary Attack Boost
	Super Anti-Poison	48	Irit Leaf	107.5		Unicorn horn dust	Cures and gives temporary immunity to poison
	Fishing	50	Avantoe	112.5		Snape Grass	+3 Temporary Fishing Boost
	Super Energy	52	Avantoe	117.5		Mort Myre Fungi	Restores Energy by 20%
	Hunter	53	Avantoe	120		Kebbit Teeth Dust	+3 Temporary Hunter Boost
	Super Strength	55	Kwuarm	125		Limpwurt Root	5-19 Temporary Strength Boost
	Magic Essence	57	Starflower	130		Gorak Claw	+3 Magic Boost
	Weapon Poison	60	Kwuarm	137.5		Dragon scale dust	Poisons appropriate weapons
	Super Restore	63	Snapdragon	142.5		Red spiders' eggs	8-32 Restoration in all Stats
	Sanfew's Serum	65	Super Restore Potion	160		Unicorn Horn Dust, Snape Weed & Nail Beast Nails	Combined effect of Super Restore, Cure Disease, and Cure Poison Potions; can be used as a weapon against Nail Beasts
	Super Defence	66	Cadantine	150		White berries	5-19 Temporary Defence Boost
	Anti Fire-Breath	69	Lantadyme	157.5		Dragon scale dust	Limited resistance to Dragon Fire
	Ranging	72	Dwarf Weed	162.5		Wine of Zamorak	4-13 Temporay Ranged Boost
	Magic	76	Lantadyme	172.5		Potato Cactus	+4 Temporary Magic Boost
	Zamorak	78	Torstol	175		Jangerberries	Temporary 2-13 Strength Boost, 2-21 Attack Boost, 2-11 Defence Loss, 2-9 Prayer Restore
	Saradomin Brew	81	Toadflax	180		Crushed Bird's Nest	Temporary 2-16 Hitpoints Boost, 2-21 Defence Boost, 2-9 Strength Loss, 2-9 Attack Loss, 2-9 Magic Loss, 2-9 Ranged Loss

Coconut Milk Potions: Stronger Weapon Poisons

The following weapon poisons are oddities in the Herblore Skill as they are the only potions that do not use vials of water as the base ingredient. You need a vial of coconut milk instead of vials of water to begin these potions.

How to obtain Coconuts: The only way to obtain these is by growing a Palm Tree in a Fruit Tree Patch and picking coconuts when it's fully grown, a farming level of 68 is required to grow Palm Trees.

How to obtain Coconut Milk: Use a hammer on a Coconut to smash it open. Then use the smashed coconut on an empty vial to get a vial of Coconut Milk.

Note: Coconut, Coconut Shells with Coconut Milk, and Coconut Shells that have no milk are tradeable, whilst Vials of Coconut Milk are untradeable

Potion		Level	Herb	Exp	Second Ingredient
	Antidote+	68	Toadflax	155		Yew Roots
	Weapon Poison(+)	73	Cactus Spine	165		Red Spiders' Eggs
	Antidote++	79	Irit Leaf	N/A		Magic Roots
	Weapon Poison(s)	82	Nightshade	190		Poisonivy Berries

Quest Potions

The following are potions you can only mix after you learn how to during the following quests.

Potion		Level	Herb	Exp	2nd Ingred(s)	Quest
	Relicym's Balm	8	Rogues Purse	40	Snake Weed	Zogre Flesh Eaters
	Magic Ogre Potion	14	Guam	30	Jangerberries then Ground Bat Bones*	Watch Tower
	Serum 207	15	Tarromin	50	Ashes	Shades of Mort'ton
	Blamish Oil	25	Harralander	80	Blamish Snail Slime	Hero's Quest
	Bravery Potion	N/A	Snake Weed	none	Ardrigal	Legends Quest

(*Note: You must put the Jangerberries in before the Ground Bat Bones and this potion doesn't give you 30 Experience in the end, but it gives 30 experience total. 10 Experience for Grinding Bat Bones, 10 Experience for adding Jangerberries to the Unfinished Guam Potion, and 10 Experience for adding the Ground Bat Bones to the Unfinished Mixture of Guam and Jangerberries.)

Barbarian Herblore

The barbarians realised that while potions are very useful, it takes up valuable food space that they could be using to save their lives. Thus, they discovered a way to make potions not only give special effects, but heal as well. See the Barbarian Training page for more info.

Obtaining Second Ingredients

Now that you know that you need second ingredients to complete your potions - You need to know where to find them.

Item	Image	Info	Found
Eye of Newt		-	Can be purchased from the Port Sarim Magic Shop; as well as the Taverly & Entrana Herblore Shops
Unicorn Horn Dust		Use pestle & mortar on unicorn horn (dropped by Unicorns)	Unicorns can be found commonly in level 17-20 Wilderness (northest of Edgeville) and on Entrana
Limpwurt Root		Dropped by hobgoblins, giants, and other monsters	Hobgoblins commonly found west of the Crafting Guild, in the Rimmington Ice Cave, & the level 30 Wilderness Mine; Cockatrices in the Fremennik Slayer Cave also a good source
Ashes		Made after a fire is done burning	Make your own fire and wait
Red Spiders' Eggs		-	Found near Red Spiders; commonly in the Edgeville Dungeon, Varrock Sewers, and Karamja Volcano Dungeon
Snape Grass		-	Found near the hobgoblins near the Crafting Guild; rarely dropped by Chaos Druids
Dragon Scale Dust		Use pestle & mortar on a blue dragon scale	Blue Dragon Scales spawn near the Blue Dragons in the Taverly Dungeon
White Berries		Rare type of berry	Spawn quickly in near the dragons of the Red Dragons Nest in level 37 Wilderness as well as in southeastern Isfadar; rarely dropped by Chaos Druid Warriors, Cave Crawlers & Kurasks
Wine of Zamorak		Rare Zamorakian Wine	Found in the Chaos Altar just north of the goblin village, on the ridge just outside the wilderness; wine spawns on a table - you can either kill all the monks and take it (as well as some damage) or use Telekinetic Grab
Potato Cactus		-	Found in the Kalphite Tunnels
Goat Horn Dust		Use pestle & mortar on a desert goat horn (dropped by desert goats)	Desert goats commonly found in the Al Kharid of Shantay deserts
Mort Myre Fungi		Must have completed the Nature Spirit Quest	Use 'bloom' with a blessed silver sickle near logs and other growth and collect the fungus
Chocolate Dust		Use pestle & mortar on a chocolate bar	Chocolate bars sold at any food store; food stores of Hudo the Cook & Heckel Funch in the Grand Tree sell both chocolate bars & chocolate dust
Toad Legs		Obtained by pulling the legs off of a toad	Toads can be found in the Gnome Stronghold & near the lady of the lake; also pickpocketed from gnomes
Gorak Claw		Dropped by Goraks	Reached by entering 'DIR' into a Fairy Ring (see A Fairy Tale Part 2)
Star Flower		-	Reached by entering 'CKP' into a Fairy Ring (see A Fairy Tale Part 2)
Silver Dust		Use pestle & mortar with a silver bar	Silver can be crafted or bought from other players
Crushed Birds Nest		Obtained by 'crushing' a birds nest	Found in a tree or bought from other players
Jangerberries		-	Found on the island west of Yanille or grown using the Farming skill
Poison Ivy Berries		-	Bought from other players or grown using the Farming skill
Nail Beast Nails		Dropped by Nail Beasts	Nail Beasts found during the Temple Trekking Mini-Game
Magic & Yew Tree Roots		-	Bought from other players or grown using the Farming skill
Nightshade		-	Available near ogres after the Watchtower quest or grown using the Farming skill
Kebbit Teeth Dust		Use pestle & mortar with kebbit teeth	Kebbits are hunted at various locations in the Hunter Skill
Cockatrice Eggs		Created with Ophidian Incubation	Ophidian Incubation is the special technique scroll used by Cobras in the Summoning Skill

The Yanille Dungeon

The Yanille Dungeon is the ideal place to gather materials for herblore, you can find it obviously near and inside Yanille.
There's two entrances to the dungeon, North of the city and inside a building near the Bank inside the city.
To enter the Dungeon north of Yanille, you will need a weapon or knife to slash through the webs. It is recommended that you bring antipoisons.
To enter the Dungeon in the city, just enter it but you will need to bring a lockpick along with you.

Once inside there will be a ledge to the next part of the Dungeon. To pass this obstacle you will need level 40 Agility. If you fail this obstacle you will fall into a pit of poisonous spiders - Run up the stairs if you do.

In this area you will find Chaos Druid Warriors, an obstacle pipe and monkey bars. Chaos Druid Warriors are great for herbs and drop some secondary ingredients as well.

Through the obstacle pipe which a level of 49 agility is required, you will find Skeletons which drop herbs not as commonly as Chaos Druid Warriors or Chaos Druids but drop them semi-commonly. There is herring spawn in here which heals five hitpoints and a chest that is explained below

Next over the Monkey Bars which require level 57 agility, are a bunch of Chaos Druids, an exit and stairs. If you fail this obstacle you will fall into a pit of poisonous spiders - Run up the stairs if you do. Chaos Druids are ideal place to gather herbs and they also drop water-filled vials and snape grass rarely. The exit will lead to stairs to the city of Yanille which you can use as a bank.

Alternatively to get to this area with Chaos Druids, you may go through the Buidling in Yanille near the bank. You will need a thieving level of 82 and a lockpick to get pick the look on the door into the dungeon though.

Salarin the Twisted

Well, through the hallway past the Chaos Druids there are stairs.
Once you go through them you will find a lockpick spawn and a Pile of rubble.

To climb up the Pile of Rubble you will need an agility level of 67. Once you are up there, you will be in a short narrow path. At the start of it you will find Sigbert who will hint you about who you are about to fight, Salarin the Twisted. There are also Regular Chaos Druids around Salarin the Twisted. Salarin the Twisted is a strong Chaos Druid with a humorous weakness and the key to raising Herblore very fast.

Salarin the Twisted cannot be damaged by regular attacks. The only attacks that damage him are Strike Spells and Magic Dart as they are the only spells that use mind runes and his only weakness as Sigbert hinted. Salarin the Twisted drops herbs, some second ingredients, water runes and his main drop his an uncommon drop called the Sinister Key, which is the only way to obtain the Torstol herb made to use the Zamorak Potion.

In the area of the Dungeon with the Skeletons and the Herring spawn that was mentioned before, you will find a chest. If you use the key on the chest you will be poisoned and recieve 9 grimy herbs: 2 Harralander, 3 Ranarr Weed, 1 Irit Leaf, 1 Avantoe, 1 Kwuarm and 1 Tortsol.

Tips for Herblore

The Greenman's Ale boosts Herblore temporarily by one level; it can be bought from the Bar in Yanille, and could help you out while you're making potions.

Vials are a major part of Herblore - you need them for potions, right? The Ardougne Adventurer's Shop stocks 500 vials, which is more than any other shop in RuneScape. However, it is very popular and often doesn't have very many. You can test your luck and attempt to purchase Vials there however. If Lady Luck is with you, then you can call yourself the owner of a couple hundred Vials.

Extra Herblore Info

There are some other, extra things that you should know about while raising herblore:

Cape of Accomplishment

The ultimate reward for getting level 99 Herblore is not only the great ability you will have in the skill, but the Cape of Accomplishment that you will have the oppurtunity to purchase. For more information on Capes of Accomplishment, see the Skill Capes page.

Related Links

The following links may help you with your Herblore.

Herblore EXP Rewards in Quests:

Quest	Exp
Druidic Ritual	250 exp
Jungle Potion	775 exp
Recruitment Drive	1000 exp
Heroes Quest	1325 exp
Zogre Flesh Eaters	2000 exp
Shades of Mort'ton	2000 exp
Digsite Quest	2000 exp
Land of Goblins	3000 exp
A Fairy Tale Part 2	3500 exp
Grim Tales	5000 exp
My Arm's Big Adventure	10000 exp
Eadgar's Ruse	11000 exp